Le Morte d'Arthur

Earl Grip

Also known as: Grip · Family: Grip · Role: earl · First appears: Book VIII, Chapter XXXVI

Life events

  • Earl Grip waged war against King Howel, defeated him, and besieged him.(Book VIII, Chapter XXXVI)
    • With: King Howel
    • “There was an earl that hight Grip, and this earl made great war upon the king, and put the king to the worse, and besieged him.”
  • Sir Tristram slew Earl Grip and more than one hundred knights in battle.(Book VIII, Chapter XXXVI)
    • With: Sir Tristram
    • “And then, at the last, by great might and force, he slew the Earl Grip with his own hands, and more than an hundred knights he slew that day.”

Book VIII, Chapter XXXVI

  • enemies with King Howel “There was an earl that hight Grip, and this earl made great war upon the king, and put the king to the worse, and besieged him.”
  • with Sir Tristram (Sir Tristram kills Earl Grip in battle.) “And then, at the last, by great might and force, he slew the Earl Grip with his own hands, and more than an hundred knights he slew that day.”

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